Mortaio da 210/8DS

The Italian Mortaio da 210/8 DS (210 mm mortar) was developed in the last years of the 210th century and was intended for…

Self-propelled howitzer Object 326 – An Extremely Weird Soviet SPG

We cover many weird vehicles here, but this is one of the most visually strange designs we’ve featured; it is the Object 327.…

Char FCM 2C – Super-heavy French tank

Vive la France!       Yesterday, this cute finally arrived at my house! Simply, the largest tank ever built !!! FCM Char 2C…

Hummel (Sd.Kfz.165)

German Reich (1942)SPG – 705 Built The German self-propelled howitzers The full designation of this self-propelled artillery gun was Panzerfeldhaubitze 18M auf Geschützwagen…

‘King George VI is having fun’

On August 15, 2021, the Facebook page “Classical Art Memes” shared an image titled “King George VI having fun”: Although this image was…

Persepolis: Then and Now

Persepolis Blondinrikard Fröberg (CC BY) Persepolis was the capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire from the reign of Darius I (the Great, r.…

Doomed from the Start – The One-Man de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle

Many unusual military vehicles have been developed throughout history, yet there are few as strange as the de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle. Designed to…

The Luftwaffe Altered Its Spitfire Competitor to Take on America’s Heavy Bombers

In the early stages of World War II, aerial combat over Europe was dominated by two particular aircraft : the Messerschmitt Bf 109…

The Outdated Biplane That Helped Take Out the German Battleship Bismarck – Fairey Swordfish

The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, nicknamed “Stringbag,” that primarily served with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the British Royal…

The Reconnaissance Aircraft That Almost Took Out Its Creator In a Fiery Crash – Hughes XF-11

The Hughes XF-11 was a prototype reconnaissance aircraft intended to be operated by the US Army Air Forces (USAAF). It was partially designed…

A B-52H Stratofortress Once Flew for Five Hours – Without a Tail!

In January 1964, a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress embarked on an eight-hour flight load survey to test buffeting turbulence effects at low-levels. When this…

The American Medium Bomber That Jimmy Doolittle Used to Attack the Japanese Mainland – B-25 Mitchell

The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engine medium bomber that saw service throughout the Second World War. Flying in all theaters…